galant
French → English
(Social) Gallant: showing polite and chivalrous attention toward people of the opposite gender
Il fut très galant avec la marquise lors du dîner.
(English) He was very gallant with the marchioness during dinner.
C’est un homme aux manières galantes et raffinées.
(English) He is a man with gallant and refined manners.
(Art) Courtly: treating amorous or romantic subjects with elegance or refined charm
La peinture galante du XVIIIe siècle représentait des scènes d'amour.
(English) The 18th-century amorous painting represented love scenes.
Il a écrit une poésie galante pour lui plaire.
(English) He wrote a courtly poem to please her.
(Archaic) Rogue: a clever, cunning, or sly man whom one should perhaps distrust
Notre galant s’avisa d’un nouveau stratagème pour s'échapper.
(English) Our rogue came up with a new stratagem to escape.
On eut bientôt rattrapé le galant qui courait dans les bois.
(English) They soon caught the rogue running in the woods.
Entry ID: fr:en:galant · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary